Had they defeated Prussia and the South German States, France likely would have annexed the southern Triangle of the Rhineland (ergo the Rhineland south of the Moselle, including the Saarland).
How beneficial for France would these lands have been? It's a somewhat geographically secure border I suppose, and the Saarland provides a lot of coal for French industry, but the French would also have perhaps a million Germans under their rule.
Could the Saar-Lorraine region have become the French Ruhr? All that coal and iron in one concentrated place could be good for France.
How beneficial for France would these lands have been? It's a somewhat geographically secure border I suppose, and the Saarland provides a lot of coal for French industry, but the French would also have perhaps a million Germans under their rule.
Could the Saar-Lorraine region have become the French Ruhr? All that coal and iron in one concentrated place could be good for France.